Re: Xy on Mac revisited-Parallel Universe

[Lisa Kleinholz lkleinholz@xxxxxxxx]

Patricia, I would LOVE those disks with setup.exe. Mark, my local PC
guy says he's willing to try to set up drivers for me.

After visiting http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm , and reading the many
possible ways of configuring USB & CD-ROM drivers, etc, I felt totally
overwhelmed. So, next week I'll take the machine to Mark to see if he
can partially solve my problem. The original DOS disks might be a great
help.

I simply don't have the time or expertise to do all the experimentation
myself.

Thanks to all, yet again.

Don't remember if I mentioned it, but the support guy at Parallels said
they have no plans to create share folder capability under DOS. I'd
have to go to Windows 2000 or beyond for that.

Oy--Patricia you were right. I just started to look into Virtual PC as
an alternative and check out what Google found

WWDC: Microsoft kills Virtual PC for Mac

By Peter Cohen

At Apple?s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday Microsoft?s
Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) indicated that it will not develop a
new version of Virtual PC, its PC emulation software.

Acquired from Connectix, Microsoft?s Virtual PC enables PowerPC-based
Macs to run Microsoft Windows and Windows applications by emulating the
inner workings of a PC-compatible computer.

?Mac BU has made the decision not to move forward with a Universal
version of Virtual PC at this time; however, current Virtual PC
customers will continue to receive product support,? said a Microsoft
spokesperson in a statement.

Users have been anxiously anticipating word on the fate of Virtual PC
ever since Intel Macs debuted this past January and Microsoft revealed
that Virtual PC would not run on the new system.

?Developing a high-quality virtualization solution, such as Virtual PC,
for the Intel-based Mac is similar to creating a version 1.0 release
due to how closely the product integrates with Mac hardware,? the
statement concluded.

Virtual PC?s performance is considerably slower than virtual machine
software such as Parallels Desktop, which is available for Intel-based
Macs, or Boot Camp, Apple?s beta software that enables an Intel Mac to
run Windows natively.

Microsoft recognizes the need for some Mac users to access Windows
applications, and suggests that ?alternative solutions offered by Apple
and other vendors, combined with a fully packaged retail copy of
Windows, will satisfy this need.?


--- "Patricia M. Godfrey"  wrote:

> BUT--Eureka! I was sure I had a set somewhere, and just turned them
> up. They seem to be still readable (DIR doesn't generate any read
> errors). On the other hand, they are probably the same as the ones
> Lisa had. Lisa, when the Mac guy set you up, do you recall if he just
>
> copied the files or tried to run setup.exe?
>
> --
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx
>
>